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Gratuitous Space Battles

Positech Computing Ltd

The application gsbinstaller.exe, “Gratuitous Space Battles Setup ” by Positech Computing has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Positech Games   (signed by Positech Computing Ltd)

Product:
Gratuitous Space Battles

Description:
Gratuitous Space Battles Setup

MD5:
6d818c4adbc7c76eb04e5530592a3e65

SHA-1:
1070731031b94e5fb5c5370151ba0c48c44dded9

SHA-256:
5df0c30ca69d4971bd4311ed4ae051f23cbfd4a7f65864b183fed5ed3358d902

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:17:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
17.3.11.2

File size:
56.6 MB (59,398,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\gsbinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Positech Computing Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/25/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/26/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Positech Computing Ltd, O=Positech Computing Ltd, STREET=The House Of Steps, STREET=Coulston, L=Westbury, S=Wiltshire, PostalCode=BA13 4NX, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
7E0B94325229CC780C9C4B67AF5E70BC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
8.0000

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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